Michigan right to work protesters try and fail to speak with Gov. Rick Snyder

Source: MLive

Michigan right to work protesters try and fail to speak with Gov. Rick Snyder
By Melissa Anders | manders@mlive.com
on December 07, 2012 at 5:01 PM, updated December 07, 2012 at 8:51 PM Print

LANSING, MI — More than a few dozen protesters crammed into the lobby of an office building in an attempt to meet with Gov. Rick Snyder and express their frustration over his support of a right-to-work law.

A relatively small group that included union members squeezed into the lobby of the George W. Romney Building, where Snyder’s office is located.

“We all came down here because we would like to appeal to the governor to not sign these very divisive bills, to use his words,” said Andy Potter, a Republican and state vice president of the Michigan Corrections Organization. “For the past couple years now he’s been talking about how divisive this is for Michigan families and for the workers themselves, and now he wants to all of a sudden jump on board with legislation that’s going to do nothing but weaken the unions’ leverage to be able to bargain and to be able to represent their members and to be able to keep a safe working environment and to keep a good working wage along with health care.”

Snyder press secretary Sara Wurfel met with the protesters and explained that the governor was busy and could not meet with them, but that his constituent services division would be available to take their comments.